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No'. 756,770. PATENTED APR. 5,1904,4

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BOTTLE cLosURE.

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76;, A nom/E Y6 No. 756,770. Patented April 5, 1904.

EDUARD E. ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-OLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lvatentNo. 756,770,

dated April 5, 1904. Application flied August 5, 1903. Y

serian. No. 168,249. No man.)

T0 all whom, it Wawy concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD E. ADAMS, a citizenl of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, Kings county, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My inventionV relates to closures for bottles and analogous receptacles; and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive valve adapted-forv securement in the neck of a bottle or receptacle, which 'valve will permit of the liquid within the bottle or receptacle being readily removed therefrom in the usual manner and when the contents or part of the contents has been discharged from the bottle or receptacle effectually prevent the replenishing or refilling of the same in any manner.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement of parts. hereinafter morefully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a central vertical section of the upper part of a bottle with a closure made according to and embodying my invention arranged therein. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the closure detached from the bottle. Fig.

`annular shoulder C, vwhile its upper edge is in order lto hold said casing therein, gasket disposed intermediate the shoulder C and the bottom of the casing D in order to produce a tight closure of the parts point.

In the base of the casing D is an inlet-aperture E, provided with an inwardly and upwardly opening valve F, which is hinged to said base upon its upper surface and provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending arm G, which is secured at its pivoted end of said valve and forms a stop to limit the movement of said valve. an arm or guide secured at one end to' the under side of the bottom of the casing below the valve F, having its free end extending inbelow the center of the inlet-aperture E and provided with an eye ZJ, and I denotes a exible connection having one end secured to the under side of the valve F opposite to -its hinged end or side and its other end passed through the eye b of the arm I-I and provided at said end witha buoyant counterweight J, which is sufliciently heavy to counterbalance the weight of the valve F when the bottle isl inverted.

Within the casing D at about the point of junction of its cylindrical portion with its outwardly-flaring portion is secured a top K, provided with an outlet-aperture L, which 4 is a transverse section on the line 4: 4: of Fig. corresponds in size with and registers with 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line the inlet-aperture E' in the base of said cyl- 5 5 of Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a view similar to inder D, and M denotes avalve for said aper- Fig. 1, showing the bottle inverted. ture L, which is pivoted upon the underside In said drawings, A designates the upper portion of a bottle of usual general construction comprising a body portion A and a neck A2. Upon the inner surface of the neck A2 about midway of its height is provided an annular recess B, which tapers inward and downward, and below said recess B at the junction of the neck A2 with the body portion A is an inwardly extending ange or shoulder C. Within said bottle-neck A2 is arranged a cylindrical casing D, which fits snugly therein and is supported at its lower edge upon the of the top K directly above the pivoted end or edge of the valve F, provided at its pivoted end with a stop N, adapted to normally maintain said vvalve unseated and at an angle of about forty-five dei grees to its seat, and O denotes aiiexible con-l nection, having one end secured to the under side of the valve M opposite to-its pivoted end and its other end secured to the free end of the arm G, whereby to hold said valve open through when the valve F is unseated.

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wardly and downwardly to a pointy directlyV said valve M beingl expanded into the tapering recess B of the neck firmly in place and E denotes an annular packing or" at this H denotes to permit of the passage of the fluid there- .v

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lows: As soon as the bottle has been filled' the cylinder D, containing the closure, is inserted Within the. bottle-neck A? and its upper edge expanded into the annular recess therein morder to hold said cylinder lD duly in position and Vthe usual cork or stopper then inserted therein above the same. To withdraw the liquid from the bottle, the cork or stopper must first be removed, and thereupon the liquid may be poured from the bot-` tle in the usual manner. As soon as the bottle is tilted orinclined to pour -outthe liquid contained therein'the same `will unseat the valve F and elevate the free end of the arm Gr, and this Vin turn by means of the eXible connection O raises the valve M (which had assumed a vertical position when the bottle was tilted) and permits of the flow'of the HuidV therethrough and the Wire fabric Pand the diagonal apertures Q' in the top Q and issue from the mouth of the bottle in the usual manner. This operation may be repeated until the entire contents of the bottle has been discharged. When the bottle has been thusemptied or partly emptied, an attempt to rel-ill or replenish the same will result in failure if the attempt be made With the bottle in the position with its neck up, since the pressure of the fluid Within the casing D, bearing upon the valve F, Will tend to hold the same firmly pressed against its seat,

and-any attempt to rell the bottle in an inverted position, as shown at Fig. 6, Will also result in failure, since the valve M will, owing to gravity, be caused to seal its opening, and at the same time through the flexible connection O and arm G of the valve F hold said latt'ervalve'pressed against its seat, this being further insured by the action of the counterweight J and connection L in being jcaused to assume thepositions illustrated at Fig. 6.

Without limiting myself to the precise details of construction,` which may be varied Within the scope of the invention', What I claim, and `desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. VVA closure for bottles and other receptacles, comprising `a` casing, a guard therefor,'

. inlet and outlet ports in said casing, valves for said inlet'and' outlet ports, a flexible connection uniting said valves, and a counterpoise for one of said valves, substantially as specied.

2. A closure for bottles and .other receptacles comprising a casing, a guard therefor,

\ inlet and outlet ports arranged in said casing, valves for sealing said inlet a member composed of iexible and rigid sections connecting said valves, a counterpoise, and a flexible member connecting said counterpoise with one of said valves, substantiall y as specified.

3. A closure for bottles and other receptacles comprising a casing, a guard therefor,

` inlet and outlet ports arranged in said casing,

valves for sealing said ports, a member eX- tending'from one of said valves, a flexible section connecting said member With the other of said valves, an arm depending from the base of the casing provided with an eye at its free end,v

a counterpoise and a flexible member having one enol secured to said counterpoise and its otherend extending through the eye of the depending arm and secured to the valve located directly above said depending arm, substantially as specified.

4. A closure for bottles and other receptacles.comprising a casing, a guard therefor, inlet and outlet ports arranged in said casing, a normally seated valve and a normally unseated valve adapted to seal4 said ports, a inember uniting said valves, and a counterpoise connected to the normally seated valve, substantially as specified.

- 5. A'closure for bottles and other receptacles comprising a casing, a guard therefor, inlet and outlet ports arranged in said casing, oppositely-opening valves for said ports arranged within said casing, amember connecting said valves consisting of` a flexible and a rigid section, a counterpoise, and a flexible member connecting said counterpoise With one of said valves, substantially as specified.

6. A closure for bottles and other receptacles comprising a casing, a guard therefor, inlet and outlet ports in said casing, a valve arranged Within said casing below said outlet-port, and a valve arranged Within said casing above the inlet-port, a connecting member uniting said valves comprising a rigid section secured to the inlet-valve, and a exible section secured to the outlet-valve and to the end of said rigid section, a counterpoise, a iiex'ible member connecting said counterpoise 'with said inlet-valve, and a guide for said iieXible member, substantially as specified.

y 7. A closure adapted for securement Within a bottle or other receptacle comprising a casand outlet ports,

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ing, a perforated top therefor, inlet and outlet ports in said casing, a valve hinged in said casing belowthe outlet-port, opening inwardly and held normally unseated, a stop for limiting they inward movement of said valve, a valve hinged in said casing over the inlet-port therein adapted to normally seal the same and to open in a direction opposite to that of the outlet-valve, a'n arm extending upwardly from the hinged end of said inlet-valve and adapted to limitthe movement of said inlet-valve, a ieXible member connecting the free end of the arm of inlet-valve with the outlet-valve, an arm depending from the base of the casing having an eye or loop at its free end, a counterpoise for said inlet-valve and a iiexible member secured to said eounterpoise and extending through said eye or loop and secured to the inlet-valve at a point opposite its hinged portion, substantially as specified.

8. A closure adapted for securement within a bottle or other receptacle comprising a easing, a top therefor having diagonal perforations therein, an outlet-port in the upper end of said casing, a valve hinged upon the under side of said end, held normally open, and adapted to seal said outlet-port, a stop to limit the inward movement of said valve, an inlet-port arranged in the bottom of the easing, avalve hinged upon the upper side thereof adapted to normally seal said inlet-port, an arm extending upwardly and inwardly from the hinged end of said valve, and adapted to limit the movement of said valve, a flexible connection having one end secured to said arm and its other end to the edge of the outlet-valve at a point opposite to its hinged portion, an arm depending from the bottom of the casing and extending inwardly, a loop or eye at the free end of said arm, a oounterpoise for said inletvalve, and a flexible member having one end secured to said oounterpoise, and its other end extending through the eye or loop of the dein the Patent Oiee.

Signed and sealed this [SEAL] Correcton nLetters Patent No. 756,770.y

granted April 5, 1904, for an improvement in written and printed Eduard E. Adams, whereas the said name should have been written and printed Edward E. 'Adams pending arm, and secured to the inlet-valve opposite to its hinged portion, substantially as specified.

9. A bottle or analogous receptacle, having a neck, a shoulder at the base thereof and an annular tapering recess intermediate its mouth and. base, combined With a casing adapted for securement within said neck having a projecting edge at its top adapted to be eX- panded into the tapering recess of the neck, an outlet-port in the upper end of said casing, a guard therefor comprising a piece of wire fabric, and a top disposed above the same having inclined apertures therein, a normally open valve arranged upon vthe under side of said top adapted to seal said outlet-port, an inlet-port in the base of said casing, a valve adapted' to normally seal said inlet-port, a member uniting said valves, and a buoyant counter-poise arranged without the easing below its base, and a eXible member connecting said buoyant counterpoise with said inletvalve, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 3d day of August, 1903.

I EDUARD E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

C. AUGUs'rUs DIETERICH, Gr. H. ODONNELL'.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 756,770,

Bottle-Closures, was erroneously and thatthe said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case 3d day of May, A. D., 1904.

E. B. MOORE,

sus

the arm of inlet-valve with the outlet-valve, an arm depending from the base of the casing having an eye or loop at its free end, a counterpoise for said inlet-valve and a iiexible member secured to said eounterpoise and extending through said eye or loop and secured to the inlet-valve at a point opposite its hinged portion, substantially as specified.

8. A closure adapted for securement within a bottle or other receptacle comprising a easing, a top therefor having diagonal perforations therein, an outlet-port in the upper end of said casing, a valve hinged upon the under side of said end, held normally open, and adapted to seal said outlet-port, a stop to limit the inward movement of said valve, an inlet-port arranged in the bottom of the easing, avalve hinged upon the upper side thereof adapted to normally seal said inlet-port, an arm extending upwardly and inwardly from the hinged end of said valve, and adapted to limit the movement of said valve, a flexible connection having one end secured to said arm and its other end to the edge of the outlet-valve at a point opposite to its hinged portion, an arm depending from the bottom of the casing and extending inwardly, a loop or eye at the free end of said arm, a oounterpoise for said inletvalve, and a flexible member having one end secured to said oounterpoise, and its other end extending through the eye or loop of the dein the Patent Oiee.

Signed and sealed this [SEAL] Correcton nLetters Patent No. 756,770.y

granted April 5, 1904, for an improvement in written and printed Eduard E. Adams, whereas the said name should have been written and printed Edward E. 'Adams pending arm, and secured to the inlet-valve opposite to its hinged portion, substantially as specified.

9. A bottle or analogous receptacle, having a neck, a shoulder at the base thereof and an annular tapering recess intermediate its mouth and. base, combined With a casing adapted for securement within said neck having a projecting edge at its top adapted to be eX- panded into the tapering recess of the neck, an outlet-port in the upper end of said casing, a guard therefor comprising a piece of wire fabric, and a top disposed above the same having inclined apertures therein, a normally open valve arranged upon vthe under side of said top adapted to seal said outlet-port, an inlet-port in the base of said casing, a valve adapted' to normally seal said inlet-port, a member uniting said valves, and a buoyant counter-poise arranged without the easing below its base, and a eXible member connecting said buoyant counterpoise with said inletvalve, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 3d day of August, 1903.

I EDUARD E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

C. AUGUs'rUs DIETERICH, Gr. H. ODONNELL'.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 756,770,

Bottle-Closures, was erroneously and thatthe said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case 3d day of May, A. D., 1904.

E. B. MOORE,

sus

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 756,770, granted April 5, 1904, for an improvement in Bottle-Closures, was erroneously written and printed Eduard E. Adams, whereas the said name should have been Written and printed Edward E. Adams; and that the said Letters Patent Should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oice.

Signed and sealed this 3d day of May, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

